It’s 1939 when Hannah and Louie Adams wave a tearful goodbye to their mother in North London and leave for the safety of the countryside. All too soon, however, the evacuees discover that life with their new guardians will be far from idyllic. When the homesick Louie is sent to another family, Hannah is devastated. And even her blossoming friendship with local lad Sam Beedle can’t make up for the cruelty she suffers behind closed doors. Hannah decides there is only one way out – she must walk back to her mother in Blitz–torn Islington. Thirty–six hours later, cold, weary and frightened, she arrives home to a shocking sight. Now Hannah must fight not only to survive the war, but also to stop a dangerous secret from destroying her family…